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Definition of 'siege' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) siege
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to compel the surrender of the defenders.

2.  siege
any prolonged effort to overcome resistance.

3.  siege
a series of besetting illnesses or troubles:
a siege of head colds.

4.  siege
a prolonged period of trouble.

5.  siege
Obs.

6.  siege
a seat for a person of distinction; throne.

7. (v.t.) siege
to assail or assault; besiege.


Definition of 'siege' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack


Definition of 'siege' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) siege
when the military or police surround a building or town
a siege of the castle


Definition of 'siege' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) siege
a seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne

2. (noun) siege
hence, place or situation; seat

3. (noun) siege
rank; grade; station; estimation

4. (noun) siege
passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter

5. (noun) siege
the sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade

6. (noun) siege
hence, a continued attempt to gain possession

7. (noun) siege
the floor of a glass-furnace

8. (noun) siege
a workman's bench

9. (verb) siege
to besiege; to beset


Translation of 'siege' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an attempt to capture a fort or town by keeping it surrounded by an armed force until it surrenders
The town is under siege.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beleg Arabic flag Arabic: حِصار، مُحاصَرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: обсада
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cerco Czech flag Czech: obležení German flag German: die Belagerung
Danish flag Danish: belejring Greek flag Greek: πολιορκία Spanish flag Spanish: cerco, sitio
Estonian flag Estonian: piiramine Farsi flag Farsi: محاصره Finnish flag Finnish: piiritys
French flag French: siège Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָצוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: घेराबंदी
Croatian flag Croatian: opsada Hungarian flag Hungarian: ostrom Indonesian flag Indonesian: pengepungan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: umsátur Italian flag Italian: assedio Japanese flag Japanese: 包囲攻撃
Korean flag Korean: 포위 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apgultis Latvian flag Latvian: aplenkums
Malay flag Malay: pengepungan Dutch flag Dutch: beleg Norwegian flag Norwegian: beleiring
Polish flag Polish: oblężenie Persian flag Persian: محاصره Pashto flag Pashto: كلابندي، ايسارونه (محاصره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cerco Romanian flag Romanian: asediu Russian flag Russian: осада
Slovak flag Slovak: obliehanie Slovenian flag Slovenian: obleganje Serbian flag Serbian: opsada
Swedish flag Swedish: belägring Thai flag Thai: การโอบล้อม Turkish flag Turkish: kuşatma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 包圍 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: облога Urdu flag Urdu: قابو میں لینے کی کوشش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự vây hãm Chinese flag Chinese: 围攻,包围

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